Anthems

Adah Parris is a public speaker, performance artist and futurist. She specialises in strategic consulting, public speaking and transformational coaching focusing on identity, culture, economics and ecosystems.  Her word of the day is Emergence.  CONNECT WITH ADAH:  T: @AdahParris   #AnthemsWomen is a collection of 31 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voic...

Kelechi Okafor is an actor, writer and public speaker. She is the host of award winning podcast Say Your Mind as well as founding Kelechnekoff Fitness studio, where she teaches pole dance and twerk.  Her word of the day is Anger.  CONNECT WITH KELECHI:  I: @kelechnekoff T: @kelechnekoff   #AnthemsWomen is a collection of 31 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written a...

Abbi Greenland is a performer and theatre maker. She is ⅓ of the physical theatre company RashDash, an associate company of the Royal Exchange Theatre. She has performed up and down the country from London to Edinburgh to Manchester.  Her word of the day is Uncertainty.    CW: This episode contains discussion of abortion.  CONNECT WITH ABBI:  I: @abbigreenland   #AnthemsWomen is a collection of 31...

Zing Tsjeng is the executive editor of VICE and a journalist specialising in women’s and LGBTQ rights, politics, culture and lifestyle. She hosts podcasts for the likes of BBC Sounds and Vice, and has written a series of books about forgotten women in history.  Her word of the day is Forgiveness.  CONNECT WITH ZING:  I: @miss_zing T: @misszing   #AnthemsWomen is a collection of 31 original manifes...

Ruby Tandoh is a food writer, blogger and cook. She is the author of 3 books, including the Sunday Times bestseller ‘Eat Up’, all about re-learning the joy of food and improving our personal relationships with it.  Her word of the day is Nourish.  CONNECT WITH RUBY:  I: @ruby.tandoh T: @rubytandoh   #AnthemsWomen is a collection of 31 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying crie...

Jada Sezer is a plus size and body acceptance activist, model and UN Women Ambassador. She hosts podcasts including Unsubscribe and Project Body Love. She has a masters in Child Psychotherapy and is a mental health advocate.  Her word of the day is Development.  CONNECT WITH JADA:  I: @jadasezer T: @JadaSezer   #AnthemsWomen is a collection of 31 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and r...

Bernardine Evaristo is a Sunday Times bestselling author. Her book ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2019. Bernardine is also the Vice Chair of the Royal Society of Literature as well as being Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University.  Her word of the day is Community.    CONNECT WITH BERNARDINE:  I: @bernardineevaristowriter T: @BernardineEvari   #AnthemsWomen is...

Laura Dockrill is an award-winning author, illustrator and performance poet, with 13 children and young adult books under her belt. She has been nominated twice for the CILIP Carnegie Medal for her novel Lorali as well as the Darcy Burdock series, which was also shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.  Her word of the day is Sur-thrival.    CW: This episode contains discussion of me...

Introducing “Anthems”, a collection of 31 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional women, that celebrate and contemplate what it means to be a woman. Our beauty, our failures, our rich heritage, our rage and our power. The series brings together women from all works and walks of life from Booker Prize winner Bernadine Everisto to Vice Edito...